The Descent of Man

Selection in Relation to Sex

Adrian Desmond, Charles Darwin, James Moore

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Penguin Classics
14 April 2004

Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Evolution; Human biology; Penguin Black Classics; Literature, Poetry & Criticism

""One of the ten most significant books"" - Sigmund Freud

No book made a greater impact on the intellectual world of its first Victorian readers nor has had such an enduring influence on our thinking on science, literature, theology and philosophy.

In The Descent of Man, Darwin addresses the crucial question of the origins, evolution and racial divergence of mankind, that he had deliberately left out of On the Origin of Species.

And the evidence he presents forces us to question what it is that makes us uniquely human.

By: Adrian Desmond, Charles Darwin, James Moore
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 585g
ISBN: 9780140436310
ISBN 10: 0140436316
Pages: 864
Publication Date: 14 April 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

CHARLES DARWIN (1809-82) was an evolutionary biologist, best known for his controversial and ground-breaking On the Origin of Species (1856). JAMES MOORE is Reader in History of Science & Technology at the Open University. He is currently working on a biography of Alfred Russel Wallace. ADRIAN DESMOND is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Biology Department at UCL. He is the author of a 2-volume biography of Huxley and is editing Huxley's family correspondence.